Pre-Flight Check: Are You Ready To Launch?

Releasing a new product or service is always a very exciting time for a business. After months or years of work, you’re finally ready to let the world see the fruits of your labor. In a lot of cases, this will be the true starting point for your company, making it a true milestone in your journey. Of course, though, this sort of event isn’t all fun and no work. Instead, you will have loads on your plate, and it will be made a lot easier if you have the right things in place. To help you with this, this post will be exploring some of the key steps you’ll have to take before you can launch.

Testing

The biggest area to tick off of your list is testing, especially when it comes to a physical product. For items like this, safety will be the priority, with built quality and functionality coming shortly afterwards. Most of this can be handled by yourself, with the work being done internally. As you get close to the end, though, it could also be worth having a testing company abuse your product to make sure that it will work for customers. For digital products or services, the testing process is a little different, and will largely revolve around your delivery methods. You just have to make sure that your website works nice and smoothly.

Marketing/Onboarding

Once you’re confident in your goods, you will be able to start pushing for people to get excited about them. Your marketing for a product can begin a long time before you launch it. Reading up on Microsite design will help you a lot here, as this sort of tool is very useful when you’re marketing a new, unreleased product. Along with this, influencer marketing is becoming more and more popular in recent times, with companies like Socialight leading the charge in this field. This can be a great way to get your content out there, though it will cost a little bit of money along the way.

The Law

Finally, as the last area to consider, a lot of small businesses will ignore the law when they first release a product. This sort of mentality only works if you plan to stay small, though. If you have a product become very popular, any breaches in compliance will be easy to spot, and people won’t be kind to you for making such a mistake. To avoid this, it’s always worth having the help of a legal professional to guide you through your launch. From the wording of your terms and conditions to the health and safety surrounding your goods, there are loads of areas you have to be aware of.

Hopefully, this post will inspire you to start working harder on the time you put into your next launch. This sort of event is incredibly important to a new business, especially when it’s your first time. Of course, though, this shouldn’t be too stressful, as you have all of the resources you need already.

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About Chris

Chris is the founder of Dorm Room Biz which started in 2005. At the time, there were no resources for starting a business while in college, so he created one! Now with more than 800 articles, Dorm Room Biz continues to grow and expand it's content offerings. Chris is now 28, lives in Colorado with his wife and runs 2 online businesses while also working full time. A busy guy for sure!